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  1. Jim Cowan
    I liked Bando a lot, a decent guy on a team full of a-holes. He looked like Burt Young, working in the meat locker in Rocky.
  2. Jim Cowan
    Ha ha, "the ball sounds different off his bat". Among the people about whom that was said was Rheighbourne.
  3. Jim Cowan
    Blue Square Thing could use cockwomble correctly in a sentence.
  4. Jim Cowan
    Those are quite good, it is difficult to choose one. I do like Leather Faced Piss Jar.
  5. Jim Cowan
    Be of good cheer! Only 8 more months 🙂
  6. Jim Cowan
    A year and a half ago, you told us to book that he would retire after getting the milestones in 2022. Again, you can wish for it all you want, but it was never going to happen. It was pure fantasy.
  7. Jim Cowan
    Yes this is likely I think although I think it will be later in the year, end of July probably.
  8. Jim Cowan
    Wishing for it will not make it happen. It doesn't matter what any of us wants.
  9. Jim Cowan
    Sorry fellas, Cabrera is playing out the contract. There was never the slightest chance that he wouldn't, not a snowball's. If he is genuinely injured, he will go on an injury list. Otherwise, he will get 400 PA's.
  10. Jim Cowan
    I've been saying it for years, the Tigers' coaching staff isn't animated enough. Let's see some spit flying out of their mouths as they scream at people.
  11. Jim Cowan
    I agree on 44, good enough for Henry Aaron and Willie McCovey. Who tied for the National League lead in HR's in 1963. With 44.
  12. Jim Cowan
    Oh gosh we missed out on Grossman he signed with the Rangers.
  13. Jim Cowan
    I think that the minor league coaches in Bull Durham were right on the money.
  14. Jim Cowan
    Speaking of the A's I didn't realize that Sal Bando died last month, age 78.
  15. Jim Cowan
    Yes, and all of that is 100% because of the ball.
  16. Jim Cowan
    Yes they did, kickoff changes were more about injury prevention though, and there are other changes too like how to tackle, blocking technique etc. To me that's not as extreme as banning the shift for example, but everyone's opinion will differ.
  17. Jim Cowan
    Yes I agree, and other sports already don't do it as much. On game day in the NFL you dress 45 football players, no one tells you where they can stand, except 7 on the O line, or when they can play. Baseball is trying a bunch of silly ideas when all they have to do is restore the ball to its liveliness circa 1985 (not 1987).
  18. Jim Cowan
    That's what I was trying to say. And also, thanks for throwing your previous teammates under the bus, it was their fault that you lost.
  19. Jim Cowan
    Lol, you were quoted subsequently as believing that "it's all about the money".
  20. Jim Cowan
    I think that the first free agent I ever heard say that was Reggie Jackson and I remember thinking "if you are as good as you think you are, isn't every team you pay for a winner just because you are there?"
  21. Jim Cowan
    Absolutely. There are other factors of course, like playing time, proximity to home, etc. But money is the most important. "Playing for a winner" is probably the least likely to be influential.
  22. Jim Cowan
    He was a good player, playing against guys who were much older when he was in his late teens.
  23. Jim Cowan
    Hockey and baseball was the most common combination of sports for a Canadian kid back then. You might play football and basketball in high school but they didn't give you anywhere near the cred that hockey and baseball did.
  24. Jim Cowan
    Yes, he isn't much younger than I am, and I played all through my teens, all over Onrario, and never once saw a 16 year old who was good enough to play pro. At 20 yes I knew a couple of guys who got signed, but never 16. So that caught my eye.
  25. Jim Cowan
    Lol. Yes, Clark Gillies. I didn't know that he had played baseball. The other first baseman on that team, Bob Bourne, also was an NHL player.
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